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Ha AYER. Socket for Tnt-Poles.

No. 224200 7 Patented Feb. 3,1880.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY MAYER, OF HEIDELBERG, GERMANY.

SOCKE .T FoR-TENT-Po'LEs;

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters latent No. 224,200, dated Februarya, 1880.-

Application filed December 1, 1879. I

, To all whom it'may concern:

Be it known that 1, HENRY MAYER, of Eeldelberg, in the Empire ofGermany, have iii-o vented a new and useful Improved Socket forTent-Poles, &c., of which the following is a specification. V

The object of my invention is to construct" an improved socket or shoeby the aidof which posts and poles can be readily and se-j curely fixedin the ground, and as readily removed, without injuring the wood; andthis object I attain by constructing a tapering cast iron socket with aflange at its upper end, having a projecting rini' at its outer edge anda detachable lid, my invention being-more es pecially intended for usein connection with the posts of tents, pavilions, and like poi-t ablestructures, so that they may be quickly and easily put up and'takendown.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel is a perspective view of thesocket; Fig. 2, a vertical section of the socket containing a tent-"prevent the wood from getting wet. the post has been removed from itsshoe or socket the lid D is put in place, so as to prevent water or dirtfrom getting into the tube...

top of the flange, around the upper end of the socket-opening, for thereception of a detachable lid, D. I The end of the post'to be. fittedinto the socket is made tapering to fit the same, and is left somewhatshorter, so as to When , vI am aware that it has been proposed tocombine a fence-post with a socket and a separate flangedplate, throughwhich the socket is arrangedto pass; but in my device theisocket,'flange, and rim are all cast in one .piece, so that it iseasier and more economi- .-cal to make, more convenient to handle andapply, and much more firm and secure when in use than the socket withthe separate flanged plate.

I claim as my invention-- 1. The within-described socket or shoe,consisting of a tapering tube having a flange, B, with a rim, 1), allmade in one piece.

2. The combination of the socket, consisting of the tube and flange,with a detachable lid, as and for the purpose set forth. 7 e

I In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inthe presence of twosubscribingwitnesses. I

' HENRY MAYER.

Witnesses:

FRIEDRICH TAEGER, J OSEPH PATRICK.

